PERSONAL AREA NETWORK HAVING MEDIA PLAYER AND MOBILE DEVICE CONTROLLING THE SAME
First Claim
1. A media device comprising:
- a wireless communication interface adapted to communicatively couple the media device to a mobile device when the mobile device is within a Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) of the media device; and
a control system associated with the wireless communication interface and adapted to;
receive, from the mobile device via the wireless communication interface, information that describes content residing at one or more other media devices and last-played time-stamps for the content residing at the one or more other media devices;
select desired content based on the information that describes the content residing at the one or more other media devices and the last-played time-stamps for the content residing at the one or more other media devices; and
play the desired content.
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Abstract
A system and method are provided for controlling content played by a number of media devices. In general, the system includes a mobile device and the number of media devices. The mobile device includes a wireless communication interface for communicating with the media devices, a media database, and a control system including a media client. When the mobile device enters a Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) associated with a media device, the media client obtains information describing the content residing at the media device and stores the information in the media database at the mobile device. Thereafter, when the mobile device is within the WPAN associated with the media device, the media database is used to select content to be played at the media device.
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20 Claims
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1. A media device comprising:
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a wireless communication interface adapted to communicatively couple the media device to a mobile device when the mobile device is within a Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) of the media device; and a control system associated with the wireless communication interface and adapted to; receive, from the mobile device via the wireless communication interface, information that describes content residing at one or more other media devices and last-played time-stamps for the content residing at the one or more other media devices; select desired content based on the information that describes the content residing at the one or more other media devices and the last-played time-stamps for the content residing at the one or more other media devices; and play the desired content. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method of operation of a media device comprising:
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receiving, via a wireless communication interface of the media device, information that describes content residing at one or more other media devices and last-played time-stamps for the content residing at the one or more other media devices from a mobile device when the mobile device is within a Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) of the media device; selecting desired content based on the information that describes the content residing at the one or more other media devices and the last-played time-stamps for the content residing at the one or more other media devices; and playing the desired content. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A non-transitory computer-readable medium storing software comprising instructions for instructing a media device to:
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receive, via a wireless communication interface of the media device, information that describes content residing at one or more other media devices and last-played time-stamps for the content residing at the one or more other media devices from a mobile device when the mobile device is within a Wireless Personal Area Network (WPAN) of the media device; select desired content based on the information that describes the content residing at the one or more other media devices and the last-played time-stamps for the content residing at the one or more other media devices; and play the desired content. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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